page_title: Topiary Park
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Topiary Park / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: New wing of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
context_page_description: Topiary Park is a 9.2-acre public park and garden in Columbus, Ohio's Discovery District. The topiary garden, officially the Topiary Garden at Old Deaf School Park, is designed to depict figures from George Seurat's 1884 painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. It is the only park based entirely on a painting.
  The park is formally known as Deaf School Park, or Old Deaf School Park, as it was part of the campus of the Ohio School for the Deaf. It is owned by the city of Columbus and maintained by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department.
context_section_description: The park is located in downtown Columbus. It features topiaries trimmed into life-size shapes of men, women, children, animals, and boats and arranged to resemble the painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Specifically, there are topiaries of 54 people, eight boats, three dogs, a monkey, and a cat. It also hosts 220 trees, including 35 different species. The park hosts jazz concerts.
  The park is adjacent to the Main Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library system. The branch was renovated around 2015, with one of the architect's goals being to join the library to the park.
  The gatehouse, near the southeast corner of the park, is the park's main entrance. The 2,400-square-foot (220 m²) building holds offices, restrooms, and an information desk and gift shop. It was constructed in 1998, designed in brick and resembling a French countryside house to match the park's theme. The building was funded by the City of Columbus, Motorists Mutual Insurance, and the Friends of the Topiary Park.
caption: Parkland and seating adjoining the Columbus Metropolitan Library to the park
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